France’s Alize Cornet reached the semi-finals of the WTA grass court tournament in Berlin with an upset win over former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza yesterday.
Cornet, currently 63rd in the world, dug deep to seal a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Spain’s two-time Grand Slam winner Muguruza, now ranked 13th, after almost three hours on court.
This is the 31-year-old Cornet’s first appearance in the semi-finals of a WTA tournament for nearly two years.
She will play Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, ranked 12th in the world, today for a place in the final.
Bencic, the fifth seed, booked her semi-final slot with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) win over Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova.